Mongolia’s wildlife is genuinely wild, genuinely wary and genuinely worth the patience it demands.
Nothing on these journeys is baited, fenced or scheduled. Argali move because the grazing moves. Snow leopards are found, when they are found at all, by reading the ground rather than by driving to a viewpoint. We plan these routes around dawn and dusk, around the people who study these animals, and around the honest possibility of seeing nothing at all.
Every one of these can be run privately and adjusted in length, pace and season.
A conservation-minded expedition into the Altai to search for tracks and signs of the elusive snow leopard with local wildlife specialists. Sightings are never guaranteed.
Dawn and dusk with the world’s last truly wild horses at Hustai, then the argali and vulture country of Ikh Nart with the rangers who work there.
Wild ass on the gravel plains, ibex above Yolyn Am and the dune country at Khongoryn Els, watched at the hours and distances that actually work.
A field-based expedition through Mongolia’s fossil landscapes with expert interpretation, remote camps and scientific context.
The standards behind every journey in this collection.
Long stops, early starts and the willingness to spend a morning in one place. Wildlife journeys are the only ones where doing less is doing it properly.
Rangers, herders and working researchers, not just guides. On several of these routes the person spotting for you has been counting these animals for years.
We will tell you the realistic probability before you book, and we would rather undersell a sighting than sell you a disappointment.
Fixed minimum distances, no approach on foot where it is prohibited, no baiting and no pursuit. If an animal moves away, the encounter is over.
Most travellers combine two. Tell us which two and we will build the route around them.
Tell us what you actually want to see and we will tell you when it is possible and what it asks of you.
Build your route